E. L. James Quotes
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.
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In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.
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I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.
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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.
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Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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I've spent a lot on clothes. I'm not kidding when I say I could have bought several country homes with the money. I've also given a lot away over time. I had a lovely Yves Saint Laurent jacket that I'd only worn once or twice, but I'm one for spring cleaning rather than storing my clothes.
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No fear - that's my approach every single time I'm on the ice.
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My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years.
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I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.
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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
